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<title>Wind farm a windfall to Lewis County communities</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 15, 2013) Wind farms are a touchy subject in the North Country. As the town of Cape Vincent wrestles with a potential project, in neighboring Lewis County another wind farm has been operating for seven years. The Maple Ridge Wind Farm has brought some big changes to its community. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21985/20130515/wind-farm-a-windfall-to-lewis-county-communities">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>North Country schools get high marks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 4, 2013) An education advocacy group has issued report cards to schools across New York, and the North Country had some high marks for student performance.  Abraham Wing Elementary school in the Glens Falls area ranked first in the state for student performance among low income districts. Voters in Abraham Wing recently voted no on a proposal to merge with Glens Falls Central School.   No middle or high schools from the region were among the top 10 in their categories. But many North Country high schools received a mark of &quot;A&quot; for student performance. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21743/20130404/north-country-schools-get-high-marks">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Lewis county residents bullish on economy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 19, 2013) Earlier this year, Lewis County had the second highest unemployment rate in New York, behind the Bronx. But residents of Lewis County have a more positive economic outlook than they&apos;ve had in years. That&apos;s according to a survey by Jefferson Community College. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21639/20130319/lewis-county-residents-bullish-on-economy">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Schumer touts Lewis County rural hospital funding return</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 14, 2013) Democratic US Senator Charles Schumer was at Lewis County General Hospital on Friday, touting the return of funding for New York&apos;s rural hospitals. The funding had been suspended for three months by Congress, and Schumer worked with Republican Senator of Iowa Charles Grassley to reinstate the funding as part of Congress&apos;s fiscal cliff deal. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21247/20130114/schumer-touts-lewis-county-rural-hospital-funding-return">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Giving environmental issues a bird&apos;s eye view</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 8, 2012) Environmental issues can be tough to convey to the public, and to policymakers, because they&apos;re landscape scale, not human scale.Flying high above, say, a forest, a factory, or a wetlands complex can give better perspective. But few environmental groups can afford to pay for private flights. For 30 years, the not-for-profit organization Lighthawk has been bringing together volunteer pilots and environmental causes. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20622/20121008/giving-environmental-issues-a-bird-apos-s-eye-view">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>All things Cream Cheese in Lowville</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 13, 2012) The largest cheesecake in the country will be the centerpiece of the 8th annual Lowville Cream Cheese Festival on Saturday.   The event celebrates the region&apos;s dairy industry and the village&apos;s cream cheese plant.  The day&apos;s events include music, activities for kids, contests, lots of food and the gigantic cheese cake.  Todd Moe spoke with organizer Eric Virkler. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20478/20120913/all-things-cream-cheese-in-lowville">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Lewis County considers synthetic drug ban</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 6, 2012) Like many other local governments in New York, responding to the bizarre behavior of people using the drugs known as “bath salts,” Lewis County is considering a ban on many of the compounds used in synthetic drugs. Reporter Joanna Richards spoke to Sheriff Michael Carpinelli about why the ban is needed. Joanna Richards reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20261/20120806/lewis-county-considers-synthetic-drug-ban">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Expansion of Boonville springwater company set to create 60 jobs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 12, 2012) A spring water company plans to add 60 jobs at its bottling plant near Boonville. Right now, Nirvana Water employs about 125 people in the area. With help from US Senator Charles Schumer, the company has been approved for a $4.3-million loan from the Small Business Administration. It’s set to invest about $10 million in expanding, so the company can do more of its own bottling and packaging, and make its own bottle caps. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19656/20120412/expansion-of-boonville-springwater-company-set-to-create-60-jobs">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>How it works: a tour of the Croghan Island Mill</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 5, 2012) At one time, there were four mills located at the Croghan Dam, on each side of the Beaver River.  John Martin is owner and operator of the last remaining, the Croghan Island Mill.  He specializes in custom windows and doors…things you can’t get at Lowe’s or Home Depot.Up until the stop logs were removed from the dam, Martin’s machinery was powered by water, which drove pulleys and belts in the historic mill.  He&apos;s had to rely on electricty since then, but he&apos;s had to cut back.Martin&apos;s glad the dam has been reclassified as a lower risk. &quot;Hopefully we can go back to water power,&quot; he said, and &quot;business will pick back up and I can get back to normal life again.&quot;Martin gave David Sommerstein a tour of the mill a year ago. Martin says his father bought the mill from Lehman &amp; Zehr, the original owners, in 1969. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19622/20120405/how-it-works-a-tour-of-the-croghan-island-mill">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Croghan dam reclassified as &quot;low risk&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 5, 2012) People working to save the small, historic dam in Croghan from demolition recently got something of a reprieve.  The state Department of Environmental Conservation has reclassified the old concrete dam. The two-part structure on the Beaver River was previously listed as &quot;high risk&quot;, that could cause death and serious damage if it breached. After the assessment, however, the dam is now considered a low risk structure. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19620/20120405/croghan-dam-reclassified-as-quot-low-risk-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>HUD gives nearly $500,000 for homeless, mental health programs </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 16, 2012) Two North Country not-for-profit agencies will get nearly $500,000 from the Federal department of Housing and Urban Development, to fund programs for the homeless. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19501/20120316/hud-gives-nearly-500-000-for-homeless-mental-health-programs">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Adirondack Attic: a charming 19th century watercolor</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 11, 2011) We continue our series, the Adirondack Attic, with Andy Flynn. You may know Andy from his series of &quot;Adirondack Attic&quot; books on local history. He uses the objects people make, use and leave behind to tell stories about the life and times of the region. NCPR is collaborating with Andy and his sources at the Adirondack Museum and other historical associations and museums in the region to bring these stories to air.   Today, a watercolor painting by a Lowville painter from the late 19th century that celebrates fly-fishing. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18567/20111011/adirondack-attic-a-charming-19th-century-watercolor">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Lots of cream cheese in Lowville this Saturday</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 15, 2011) NCPR is media sponsor for Saturday&apos;s 7th annual Lowville Cream Cheese Festival in downtown Lowville.  The event celebrates Lowville&apos;s distinction as home of the world&apos;s largest cream cheese manufacturing plant.   Todd Moe spoke with Eric Virkler, Director of Economic Development and Planning for Lewis County, who says the event includes music, art, contests and lots of cheese cake. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18418/20110915/lots-of-cream-cheese-in-lowville-this-saturday">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Summer school, lumberjack style</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 23, 2011) The Adirondack woodsman is a North Country archetype – brawny, independent, deeply versed in the ways of the North Woods.  There are still loggers working in the forests of the Adirondacks and Tug Hill Plateau, though most are aided by chain saws and huge machinery today.At Paul Smiths College, a summer school program is keeping the skills and ethos of the Adirondack woodsman alive.  David Sommerstein reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18198/20110823/summer-school-lumberjack-style">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Verizon damage disrupts emergency calls; workers on strike</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 10, 2011) The Associated Press reports  state police are investigating damage to Verizon equipment that disrupted 911 emergency calls in parts of Herkimer and Onieda counties yesterday. An Oneida County dispatcher says service is up and running this morning.Damage to a Verizon optic circuit box also knocked out landline and cell service to northern Oneida County. Lewis County Sheriff Mike Talbot told the AP some calls to his office were disrupted, but the 911 system was OK.Verizon Communications workers were still on the picket lines across the North Country Tuesday. Local members of Communications Workers of America Local 1118 in Saranac Lake, Potsdam, Malone, Ogdesnsburg and Plattsburgh joined 45,000 other Verizon workers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic who’ve been on strike since contract talks stalled on Sunday. Chris Knight talked with a small group of Verizon field technicians who were picketing outside the company&apos;s Church Street office in Saranac Lake. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18181/20110810/verizon-damage-disrupts-emergency-calls-workers-on-strike">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Croghan dam wins grant</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 27, 2011) State environment officials won’t remove stop logs from the village of Croghan’s historic dam – at least for now.  As David Sommerstein reports, the delay comes as Croghan won a $100,000 grant to begin rebuilding the dam. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18087/20110727/croghan-dam-wins-grant">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Study shows wind turbines have mixed affect on property values</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 26, 2011) Wind power projects have been controversial in the North Country ever since the Maple Ridge Wind Farm started turning in Lewis County more than five years ago. One of the big questions remains: how do wind turbines affect the local economy?Now a team of researchers at Clarkson University has some answers.  Assistant professor Martin Heintzelman and PhD student Carrie Tuttle found that wind projects can depress property values by as much as 17-percent.  But, they can also have a positive effect on real estate.  The researchers collected information about 10,000 property sales in three counties, including Lewis, between the years 2001 and 2009.  They mapped the sales of these properties.  They mapped all the wind turbines.  And they considered every factor they could think of that might be a variable in the sales price: the size of the property, the house, whether it’s in a village, what was happening with the general real estate market. Professor Heintzelman spoke with Julie Grant about what they found. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18078/20110726/study-shows-wind-turbines-have-mixed-affect-on-property-values">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Heard Up North: Pumping gas for flight</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 25, 2011) Whether it’s from a float plane, a little two-seater, or even one of those little commercial jets, the aerial  view of the North Country is unforgettable.  You can see the whole topography of the Adirondack range, topped by the high peaks. There are vast skeins of wetlands, rivers, lakes and ponds, and villages stitched together with ribbons of roadways.The network of airstrips across northern New York is less obvious, but there are just enough to host a community of private planes and their pilots.  The airfield in Boonville is typical of the smallest  private airfields. It&apos;s really just that: a flat, well-mowed grassy field.  But it does have its own gas pump.  Here’s today’s Heard Up North. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18069/20110725/heard-up-north-pumping-gas-for-flight">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Fighting for its life, Tug Hill agency takes to the air</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 22, 2011) Yesterday, we heard about a not-for-profit called LightHawk, which offers environmental groups private flights to help them give an aerial perspective to their “green” issues.Today we focus on one group using that service to fight for its survival – the Tug Hill Commission.  The Commission isn’t exactly an environmental group.  It’s a state agency, and it’s facing elimination in Governor Andrew Cuomo’s effort to streamline government.But the communities of the Tug Hill Plateau see the Commission as indispensable to balancing the economy and the environment in a “working forest”.  And more than that, they see the Commission as a potential model for other state agencies.David Sommerstein was invited for a flight recently and has this story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18042/20110722/fighting-for-its-life-tug-hill-agency-takes-to-the-air">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Giving environmental issues a bird’s eye view</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 21, 2011) Environmental issues can be tough to convey to the public and to policymakers  because they’re landscape-scale.  Flying high above, say, a forest, a factory, or a wetlands complex can give better perspective.But few environmental groups can afford to pay for private flights.  For 30 years, the not-for-profit Lighthawk has been bringing together volunteer pilots and environmental causes.  David Sommerstein has this profile of the organization. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18040/20110721/giving-environmental-issues-a-bird-s-eye-view">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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